Which format would you rip DVD's to(SVCD,DIVX,etc)?

[Thome1]

I want to make "best of" dvds w/ the best parts from my collection. You know, some VOB files from here, some from there, etc. BUT, I only want to watch them on my computer; don't need to have it compatible w/ a dvd player. I only tried divx4 so far.

I tried a program called Flask and followed the tutorial to convert to divx4. The picture quality was acceptable, but the thing I hate about divx is when you want to skip around to other parts while watching, it's DIRT SLOW. Or is there a way to fix this?

Also, is there a way to "batch process" multiple VOB files? The Flask program was easy enough, but it won't do batch. I looked at Gordian, but it seems too complicated?

Finally, should I just skip this all and rip everything to DVD-R instead??

Thanks

[geek rock]

if you have a DVD burner, i'd do that!

if it's just for computer use, then DIVX yes.. try the latest version though, i think it's up to DIVX 5 now..

-Mark

[crahak]

Flask isn't quite the best. Gordian Knot is much better. I basically skipped DivX 4 altogether. 5 works good enough. DVD-R, sure, if you can afford the drive and a couple hundred media at first...